Harold H. Crabtree (1912 - 1982)

Ancestors

Died 18 Mar 1982 at age 69 in Dorsey, Madison County, Illinois

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Harold H. /Crabtree/ ^[2][3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 12 SEP 1912^[4]

Death

Death:

Date: 18 MAR 1982

Place: Dorsey, Madison County, Illinois^[5][6]

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 22 APR 2013

Prior to import, this record was last changed 22 APR 2013 .

Ancestral File Number

Ancestral File Number: 104467734^[7]

Event

Event:

Type: Obituary

Date: 19 MAR 1982

Place: the Alton Telegraph, Alton, Madison County, Illinois

Note: Crabtree

PRAIRIETOWN - Harold Crabtree, 69, died at 9:23 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph's Hospital.

Born in Madison County, son of the late Burwell and Louise (Mueller) Crabtree, he was a supervisor for Olin

Corp. until his retirement in 1976.

He married the former Verna Gusewelle on May 7,1939, in Prairietown.

In addition to his wife, surviving are three daughters, Marie Ruyle, Norma Crabtree and Marjie Schmidt, all of Prairietown; two grandchildren: and a brother, Clifford of Elizabethtown.

Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Williamson Funeral Home in Staunton.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Prairietown with the Rev. John Karlen officiating.

Burial will be in Prairietown Cemetery and memorials may be made to St. Peter's multi-purpose building fund.^[8]

Burial

Burial:

Date: 21 MAR 1982

Place: Prairietown (St. Peter's Lutheran) Cemetery, Prairietown, Madison County, Illinois^[9]

Marriage

Husband: Harold H. Crabtree

Wife: @I3374@

Marriage:

Date: 07 MAY 1939

Place: St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Prairietown, Madison County, Illinois^[10][11]

Event:

Type: Wedding

Note: Crabtree-Gusewelle Nuptial.

Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Prairietown Lutheran Church, Miss Verna Gusewelle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs W. W. Gusewelle, became the bride of Harold Crabtree, son of Mr. and Mrs Burwell Crabtree. Rev. N. C. Bekemeyer performed the double ring ceremony in the presence of immediate relatives and friends.

The couple was attended by Miss Hilda Gusewelle, cousin of the bride, as bridesmaid and Clifford Crabtree, brother of the groom, as groomsman.

The bridal party entered the church as Prof. J. G. Gehner played Lohengrin's Wedding March. The bride was attired in a floorlength gown of white lace over matching taffeta. She wore a full-length veil held in place with orange blossoms and carried a bndal bouquet of white roses.

Miss Gusewelle wore a floor-length gown of pink taffeta with a matching head band of flowers. She carried an arm bouquet of pink roses.

Following the ceremony a wedding supper was served at the home of the brides parents to about seventy relatives

and friends. A large wedding cake with a miniature bride and bndegroom formed the centerpiece of the table. The dining room was decorated in a pink and white color scheme and spring flowers.

The young couple will make their future home with the bride's parents near Prairietown. Mr Crabtree is employed at the Western Cartridge Co. in Alton.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Crabtree-767 was created by Marsha Ensminger through the import of WikiTree.ged on Sep 5, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S208 Page: "Guseselle-Westerhold Nuptials", published 30 Apr 1943, p. 3, col. 6
3. ↑ Source: #S95 Page: Memorial # 104467734 for Harold H. Crabtree
4. ↑ Source: #S182 Page: Social Security Death Index
5. ↑ Source: #S182 Page: Social Security Death Index
6. ↑ Source: #S17 Page: obituary of Verna Crabtree published 7 Oct 1999 page , col.
7. ↑ Source: #S95 Page: Memorial # 104467734 for Harold H. Crabtree
8. ↑ Source: #S17 Page: obituary of Harold Crabtree published 19 Mar 1982 page , col.
9. ↑ Source: #S17 Page: obituary of Harold Crabtree published 19 Mar 1982 page , col.
10. ↑ Source: #S208 Page: "Guseselle-Westerhold Nuptials", published 30 Apr 1943, p. 3, col. 6
11. ↑ Source: #S17 Page: obituary of Verna Crabtree published 7 Oct 1999 page , col.
12. ↑ Source: #S208 Page: "Crabtree-Gusewelle Nuptial" published on 9 May 1939, page , col.

• Source: S17 Title: Alton Evening Telegraph Abbreviation: Alton Teleg.
• Source: S182 Title: Rootsweb.com, Url: http://rootsweb.com Abbreviation: Rootsweb
• Source: S208 Title: Edwardsville Intelligencer Abbreviation: Intelligencer
• Source: S95 Title: findagrave.com, Url: http://www.findagrave.com Abbreviation: findagrave